Wigan Tourist Attractions: 10 Top Places to Visit
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Places to see in ( Leigh - UK )
Places to see in ( Leigh - UK )
Leigh is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, 7.7 miles southeast of Wigan and 9.5 miles west of Manchester city centre. Leigh is situated on low-lying land to the north west of Chat Moss.
Historically a part of Lancashire, Leigh was originally the centre of a large ecclesiastical parish covering six vills or townships. When the three townships of Pennington, Westleigh and Bedford merged in 1875 forming the Leigh Local Board District, Leigh became the official name for the town although it had been applied to the area of Pennington and Westleigh around the parish church for many centuries. The town became an urban district in 1894 when part of Atherton was added. In 1899 Leigh became a municipal borough. The first town hall was built in King Street and replaced by the present building in 1907.
Originally an agricultural area noted for dairy farming, domestic spinning and weaving led to a considerable silk and, in the 20th century, cotton industry. Leigh also exploited the underlying coal measures particularly after the town was connected to the canals and railways. Leigh had an important engineering base. The legacy of Leigh's industrial past can be seen in the remaining red brick mills – some of which are listed buildings – although it is now a mainly residential town, with Edwardian and Victorian terraced housing packed around the town centre. Leigh's present-day economy is based largely on the retail sector.
Leigh is low-lying; land to the south and east, close to Chat Moss, is 50 feet (15 m) above mean sea level. The highest land, to the north and west, rises gently to 125 feet (38 m). Astley and Bedford Mosses are fragments of the raised bog that once covered a large area north of the River Mersey and along with Holcroft and Risley Mosses are part of Manchester Mosses, a European Union designated Special Area of Conservation.
Major landmarks in Leigh are the red sandstone parish church and across the civic square, Leigh Town Hall and its associated shops on Market Street. The Grade II listed Obelisk that replaced the original market cross is also situated here. Many town centre buildings including the Boar's Head public house are in red Ruabon or Accrington bricks, often with gables and terracotta dressings. There are several large multi-storey cotton mills built along the Bridgewater Canal that are a reminder of Leigh's textile industry but most are now underused and deteriorating despite listed building status. Leigh's War Memorial by local architect J.C. Prestwich is at the junction of Church Street and Silk Street and is a Grade II listed structure. St Joseph's Church and St Thomas's Church on opposite sides of Chapel Street are both imposing churches using different materials and styles.
Historically Leigh was well connected to the local transport infrastructure, but with the closure of the railway in 1969 this is no longer the case. Public transport is co-ordinated by the Transport for Greater Manchester. There are bus services operated by First Greater Manchester, Jim Stones, Maytree Travel, Diamond Bus North West, Stagecoach Manchester and Network Warrington from Leigh bus station to many local destinations including Wigan, Bolton, Warrington, Manchester and St Helens.
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Railways, Bridges & River at Newcastle upon Tyne & Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, England - 1st Aug, 2017
Railways, Bridges & River at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne & Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, England - 1st Aug, 2017.
Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, it is the most populous city in the North East, and forms the core of the Tyneside conurbation, the eighth most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. .
Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne. Gateshead and Newcastle are joined by seven bridges across the Tyne. To read more about Gateshead, click here: .
As the title suggests, this film features footage taken around Newcastle and Gateshead of the railways, bridges and River Tyne that run between them. The film begins with Eastward views from a Virgin Trains Class 43 as it crosses the King Edward VII bridge from Gateshead into Newcastle Central Station. From there, locations where this film was recorded from include: Newcastle Central Station, Newcastle Castle Keep, The Sage Centre, and the Redheugh Bridge.
The film features a number of passenger and freight services, train operating companies include: Virgin Trains East Coast; Cross Country; TransPennine Express; Northern; Freightliner; and GBRf.
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Trains at York, ECML | 28/01/2019
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Hello everyone, MT here with the usual trainspotting action. It had been a beautiful sunny day within several places in the UK, so I thought of using this chance to capture some railway traffic with the low colourful sun light shining off the units that come & go and where to do any better than York railway station on the East Coast Mainline. The sun light really did gave an outstanding look to some of the units that came through within an hour’s time in the late afternoon. To top the trip off, four freight services passed, that’s way more than I would thought of getting in just an hour. Overall, a very satisfying trip indeed!
Trains include: LNER HST’s & 225 sets, CrossCountry Voyagers, Transpennine Express 185’s & 68’s on test, Northern 150’s & 158’s, GBRF 66’s & 60085 and EWS 66063
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Places to see in ( Yorkshire - UK ) Ribblehead Viaduct
Places to see in ( Yorkshire - UK ) Ribblehead Viaduct
The Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct carries the Settle-Carlisle Railway across Batty Moss in the valley of the River Ribble at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England. The viaduct, built by the Midland Railway, is 28 miles (45 km) north-west of Skipton and 26 miles (42 km) south-east of Kendal. It is a Grade II* listed structure.
The land underneath and around the viaduct is a scheduled ancient monument. The remains of the construction camp and navvy settlements (Batty Wife Hole, Sebastopol, and Belgravia) are located there. The viaduct was designed by engineer John Sydney Crossley. The first stone was laid on 12 October 1870 and the last in 1874. One thousand navvies built the viaduct and established shanty towns on the moors for themselves and their families. They named the towns after Crimean War victories, well-to-do districts of London and biblical names. There were smallpox epidemics and deaths from industrial accidents. Around one hundred navvies were killed during its construction. There are around 200 burials of men, women, and children in the graveyard at Chapel-le-Dale dating from the time of its construction. The church has a memorial to the railway workers.
Ribblehead Viaduct is 440 yards (400 m) long, and 104 feet (32 m) above the valley floor at its highest point. It is made up of twenty-four arches of 45 feet (14 m) span, with foundations 25 feet (7.6 m) deep. Every 6th pier is 50% thicker to mitigate against complete collapse should any pier fail. The north end of the viaduct is 13 feet (4.0 m) higher in elevation than the south end leading to a gradient of 1:100. 1.5 million bricks were used in the construction and some of the limestone blocks weigh 8 tons each.
Ribblehead Viaduct is the longest on the Settle-Carlisle Railway. Ribblehead railway station is less than half a mile to the south and to the north is the Blea Moor Tunnel, the longest tunnel on line. It is near the foot of Whernside. The Settle-Carlisle Line is one of three north-south main lines, along with the West Coast Main Line through Penrith and the East Coast Main Line via Newcastle. British Rail attempted to close the line in the 1980s, citing the reason that the viaduct was unsafe and would be expensive to repair.
In 2016 the line and viaduct carries seven passenger trains from Leeds to Carlisle per day in each direction,[17] plus periodic long distance excursions, many hauled by steam locomotives. Regular diesel-hauled heavy freight trains also use the route to help reduce congestion on the West Coast Main Line. Colas Rail operate a timber train most Friday afternoons which passes over the Viaduct when it departs its yard opposite Ribblehead railway station
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Steepest staircase locks in England | Chestcam Go Pro footage
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In this highly experi[mental] vlog we're taking a trip down the famous Bingley 5 Rise, and on towards Saltaire - testing out the new (alright nee to me) Go Pro 3+ along the way! We also pop into Bingley to see my friend Christian Foster in the pub of the week, Chip N Ern's, and get some jaw droppingly beautiful footage at Dobson Locks at Apperley Bridge.
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Cruise Liverpool welcomes Norwegian Spirit
As the new season gets into full swing, Cruise Liverpool welcomed Norwegian Cruise Lines' Norwegian Spirit to the terminal for the very first time on June 2, 2019.
We would like to thank passengers and crew for their visit – it was our pleasure to have them in Liverpool for the day. We look forward to their next call on July 3
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Bingley Five Rise Locks Time Lapse
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Train Horns, Tones and Whistles TWO!!!!
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Hello everyone, MT here with a new montage of train horns, tones and whistles that I have captured over the past year. This is to celebrate for getting my channel to achieve 1000 subscribers!
All the footage was captured from my last train horns video to now and it involves shots from many different locations including Leeds, York, Doncaster, Bristol and Church Fenton and from many different units including HST’s, DMU’s and Steam locomotives like Flying Scotsman and Tornado.
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